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Their owne Clement telleth vs, lib. 1. Recog. That from the diuine Scriptures the firme and sound rule of Faith must be ta∣ken.
Tertul. contra Hermog. calleth the Scriptures the Rule of Faith.
Saint Basil. lib. 1. Contr. Eunom. calleth the Scriptures the Canon of that which is right, and the rule of Truth.
Saint Ierome, lib. 1. cap. 1. in Mat. The holy Scriptures are the Limits of the Church, out of the which we may not goe.
Chrysostome, Hom. 3. in 2. Cor. calleth them a most exqui∣site Rule, and an exact Square and Balance to trie all things.
Saint Augustine, lib. de bono viduit. cap. 1. The holy Scrip∣ture hath fixed the Rule of our Doctrine, that wee may not presume to bee more wise, then we ought.
Greg. Nyssen. in orat. de eis, qui adiêrunt Hieros. calleth the Scriptures, a right and inflexible Rule.
Gregory, the great, Hom. 4. in Ezechiel, compareth the Scrip∣tures to a measuring Reed, which meteth out both the actiue and contemplatiue life of man.
By which testimonies of the Fathers, wee may see how they contrary our Aduersaries tenent: for in plaine termes the Fa∣thers call the Scriptures a Rule, right, exquisite, and inflexible, and the onely Rule, the Limits of the Church. But our new Ro∣mane Masters sticke not to slighten and vilifie the same, by calling the Booke of God, a piece of a rule, a Lesbian crooked rule, a leaden rule, a nose of waxe; and we must be Heretikes, for not partaking in such blasphemies. We may therefore con∣clude with the words of Isiodorus Pelusiota, lib. 1. Epist. 369. who saith, We ought to refuse whatsoeuer is taught, vnlesse it be contayned in the volume of the Bible; and with that of Cy∣ril. Hier. in 4. Catech. Concerning, saith he, the Diuine and holy mysteries of our Faith, not any the least thing must be tendered, without warrant of diuine Scripture.